MUSL-3100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Transcendental Club, Piano Sonata
6 Apr 2016
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Engagement with folk sources poetry and epics as an influential. Sibelius deliberately isolated himself from the modernist language of. Scheonberg and stravinsky, expressed distaste for the modern tendency. Popularity in the us: critic olin downes believed that classical music should appeal not just to the elites but for the common people . he loudly condemned the obscurantism of modern music. Lionized as a new beethoven in us and england while dismissed as a kitsch composers in the taste-making austro-germany. Unique quality: combining romanticism with 20th century modernism. Where did ives draw most of his programs and song texts from (text 61). American writers, in particular the new england transcendentalists. Waldo emerson, the alcott family and thoreau were all depicted in his massive piano sonata no. 2 subtitles concord, mass". Use of folk tunes, hymns, and popular styles. Shaped by deep ambivalence towards the more established proper styles of art music.
